Nationals Baseball: First "Cuts"

Tuesday, March 07, 2023

First "Cuts"

 Here you go

nothing unexpected or even interesting but we'll try 

Joan Adon - you remember he stunk last year. Which isn't a surprise because he's never really been good. BUT he's young and he didn't get his brains beaten in in AAA and the Nats have no pitching depth so to AAA he goes to be next in line. 

Alberto Baldonado - an ok AAA reliever but old. Should be org filler in AAA

Gerardo Carrillo - not exactly sure why he was in camp as he still hasn't figured out AA and he's not old that you feel you have to move on him.  Hopefully they'll transition him to reliever this year

Evan Lee - see Baldanado but not old, better.  More likely to be a guy that shuffles up and down who might stick as one of the last guys in a major league pen.

Francisco Perez - typical big arm reliever who can strike out the side but is more likely to walk in a run. But that's kind of guy you want in the minors. Have a half-dozen of them and one should hit.

Tommy Romero - another type that you want in the minors in that he looked pretty good until last year when the Rays said "this stuff will never play".  The Rays are a smart org, but no one is right all the time.

Brady Lindsly - had to look this guy up. I'm not entirely sure if this wasn't a start of a "should we keep this guy or not"

Lucius Fox - old Wallace and Vomit himself. Org filler for an org where org filler might play in the majors here and there.

Erick Mejia - a versatile piece for your AAA team. Nothing more.

Yasel Antuna - One of the longest tenured Nats (signed in 2016) he was SO young that he almost had to be a prospect by age alone, like if you stuck a 14yo in rookie league. Even if he hit .180 with no XBH you are like "well he didn't hit .000" Anyway. He showed signs of life last year after basically being dead in the water since 2018. He's still only 23 so this was probably another long look at what they actually have before he goes down to AA. 

Donovan Casey - Casey CRUSHED as a too old for rookie ball player and did well for a too old for High A player. But outside of 12 AA games that's all that looks good over an 8 year minor league career. He has always struck out too much. Last year the power went and I think it's time to cut ties. There's nothing usable here

1 comment:

Expos 1983 Blog said...

Antuna does draw huge numbers of walks - maybe someone was hoping that would rub off on the rest of these guys